Extract from Speech by Energy Minister Stephen Gethins in the Scottish Parliament on Thursday 28 May 2026:

Scotland is one of the most energy rich countries in Europe having won the natural lottery twice, once with hydrocarbons and again with abundant renewable resources.

People in Scotland face increasing energy bills (with another increase just yesterday) and a cost of living crisis – in a country that produces far more energy than it consumes.

Just for context hydrocarbons that have sent £400 billion to the Treasury in London with little in return and no long-term planning – a finite resource with no long-term planning, one of the few counties never to have put together a future generations fund.

That is why Westminster has failed and why the Scottish Parliament deserves to have full control over energy.

Renewables alone deliver 20.8 Terrawatt hours outside Scotland annually – that is worth £1.7 billion and if we kept it in Scotland it would be enough to power every home in Scotland for 3.5 years.

What value to the rest of the UK and what value to the whole of Europe as well.

When it comes to European and UK energy security and lower bills Scotland should be part of the solution.

But we have been let down. That is why the decisions about energy should be made here. Westminster’s track record means it does not deserve to keep control.

Full text at: https://www.gov.scot/publications/its-scotlands-energy-energy-ministers-speech/